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longistylis -is -e long-styled, having long pistils, from longus -a -um, long, from Latin longus -a -um, long,<br />

tall, and στυλος, stylos, a pillar or rod.<br />

longitudinalis growing lengthwise.<br />

longitudinaliter longitudinally<br />

longitudo Latin length, from longus, long, and -itudo suffix indicating the abstract or general result of an<br />

action<br />

longiusculus somewhat long.<br />

longus -a -um long, from Latin longus -a -um, Gaulish longo-, in proper names, long, tall.<br />

longus, longa -um, longior -or -us, longissimus -a -um Latin adjective, long; tall; tedious, taking long time;<br />

boundless; far; of specific length or time.<br />

Lonicera Lonic'era (lon-IS-er-a, or lon-I-SE-ra) after Adam Lonitzer, (or Lonicer, or Latinized Adamus<br />

Lonicerus) (1528-1586), of Frankfort, German mathematician, physician, botanist/herbalist, and publisher, author<br />

of Kräuterbuch, an herbal text that also deals <strong>with</strong> the noble art of distillation. (Caprifoliaceae)<br />

lonicera lon-I-SE-ra resembling Lonicera<br />

lop-, lopism, lopo, lopus, -lopus Greek a scale; husk<br />

loph-, lophi, lopho-, lophus, -lophus referring to a crest, a crest, a tuft, a cock’s-comb from Greek λόφος,<br />

lophos.<br />

lophoacanthus having fascicles or bundles of thorns, from Greek and ακανθος, akanthos, spiny, thorny.<br />

lophanthus -a -um lophan'thus (lo-FAN-thus) crest-flowered, <strong>with</strong> crested flowers, <strong>with</strong> flowers resembling<br />

crests or plumes, from Greek λόφος, lophos, a crest, and ανθος, anthos, flower.<br />

Lophiola Greek lophia, mane or crest, in reference to pubescence on adaxial sides of tepals<br />

lophiostomate being crested at the mouth or aperture, from Greek λόφιον, crest, and στόµοα, mouth.<br />

lophocarpus having fruit in bundles.<br />

lopogonus having comb-like edges.<br />

Lophophora crest-bearing, from Greek λόφος, lophos, crest, and φορευς, phoreus, a bearer, in reference to<br />

tufts of hairs in areoles (Peyote)<br />

lophopterus having bunches of wings.<br />

Lophotocarpus<br />

loquac- Latin talkative<br />

lor-, lorum, -lorum Latin a thong, lash<br />

lor-, lori- referring to a strap, from Latin lōrum, strap.<br />

Lorandersonia for Loran Crittenden Anderson, b. 1936), fervent American enthusiast of Asteraceae,<br />

especially Chrysothamnus and related taxa<br />

Loranthaceae plants of the Showy Mistletoe family, tropical evergreen parasites, from the genus name,<br />

Loranthus, and -aceae, the standardized Latin suffix of plant family names; from , and ανθος, anthos, flower.<br />

Loranthus strap-flower, from , and ανθος, anthos, flower.<br />

lord-, lordo- Greek bent backward<br />

Lorentziella for Paul Günter Lorentz (1835-1881), German bryologist, and -ella, Latin feminine diminutive<br />

suffix.<br />

loreus -a -um strap-shaped, or ribbon-shaped, from loreus -a -um, Latin adjective, of thongs.<br />

lori Malayan a kind of parrot<br />

lorica, -lorica Latin clothed in metal; armor, breastplate, from Latin lōrīca, from lōrum, strap.<br />

lorica, loricae f. Latin noun, a coat of mail; breastwork, parapet, fortification.<br />

loricatus clothed in mail, referring to a horny plate or scale covering.<br />

loricatus -a -um Latin adjective, wearing a cuirass, originally leather armor.<br />

loriceus clothed in small mail, covered <strong>with</strong> a small, hairy scale.<br />

lorifolius strap-leaved<br />

loriformis resembling ribbon or strap (four to six times as long as wide).<br />

lorigerus bearing long rein-like ribbons.<br />

lorum, -lorum Latin a thong, lash<br />

lorum, lori n., lorus, lori n. Latin noun, a leather strap, thong; shoe strap; rawhide whip; dog leash; reins<br />

(usu. pl.).<br />

lot-, lotio-, lotus, -lotus Latin a washing<br />

lotus -a -um, lotior -or -us, lotissimus -a -um Latin adjective, elegant, fashionable; sumptuous/luxurious;<br />

fine, well turned out; washed/clean;<br />

lot-, loto, lotus Greek the lotus

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